Engineering

Engineering notes on AI agents, harness design, and developer tools.

Engineering May 4, 2026 5 min read

Thin hook manifest

Have the hook config file declare only *what events to subscribe to* and route every one of them to a single handler binary; keep all branching, transformation, and policy in that handler.

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Engineering May 3, 2026 4 min read

Human intervention log

A single append-only file where an autonomous harness records every task it could not automate, who handled it manually, and the condition under which automation could resume.

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Human intervention log →

Thin hook manifest

Human intervention log